Associations to the word «Hestia»

Pictures for the word «Hestia»

Wiktionary

HESTIA, proper noun. (Greek god) The virgin goddess of the hearth, and the household, and therefore of domestic life.
HESTIA, proper noun. (astronomy) Short for 46 Hestia, a main belt asteroid.

Dictionary definition

HESTIA, noun. (Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats